Toxic People, we all have them in our lives...the people who drain the life out of you when you are with them...they come in all varieties; selfish, negative, demanding, demeaning...
the toxic people in life and reflection

 
The realization that anxiety was present when I felt out of control came in the second week of treatment...
control the root of anxiety is reflected

 

A reflection on my journey learning to deal with Anxiety...

Are you ready to reflect? I'm not sure I am...not sure what I'm going to share regarding my journey with anxiety...here we go!
Anxiety: reflecting on the journey

 
Knowing when to medicate your mental health problems can be; unclear, dependent on the situation, polarizing, and scary…
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My Story from Treatment to Healing

In January 2008 my story to wholeness began. I drove to Wheaton IL to begin a journey to treatment and healing. Healing from a lifetime of struggling with this thing we so readily acknowledge as depression and his best friend anxiety. 

I spent three weeks in INTENSIVE outpatient treatment at the Meier Clinic. This included medication management, group therapy, individual therapy, and psychological testing, it was also faith based. 

Four months prior I began preparing emotionally and spiritually to lift myself out of the life that wasn't working for me and place myself into a 3 week intensive treatment program for depression and debilitating anxiety.

Application: Being Found Out